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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• vigour:
    1. I. Of physical or intellectual force:
      1. 1. vĭgor, ōris (rare in lit. sense): a v. as of fire, igneus v., Virg. Aen. 6, 730: v. also life (IV.). Fig.: v. of mind, v. animi, Ov. H. 16, 51.
      2. 2. vīs, vim, vi; pl. vīres: v. strength, force. Join: the v. of the mind, vires animi vigorque, Virg. Aen. 9, 610 (608): the highest v. of intellect, v. summa ingenii, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 49: that great v. and excellence of an orator, v. illa divina et virtus oratoris, id. de Or. 2, 27, 120: the lively v. of the mind, vivida v. animi, Lucr. 1, 73 (66).
      3. 3. vĭrĭdĭtas, ātis: old age takes away v., senectus aufert v., Cic. Am. 3, 11: v. also freshness.
      4. 4. vĭrīlĭtas (manly vigour): v. manhood (II.).
      5. 5. rōbur, ŏris, n.: v. strength (I., 4).
      6. 6. nervi, orum: to exert all the v. of one's age on something, in aliquo omnes n. aetatis contendere, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 12, 35: poets strike out the v. of every virtue, (poetae) n. omnis virtutis elidunt, id. Tusc. 2, 11, 27.
      7. 7. sūcus (succus: prop., juice, sap): v. is taken away from the cattle, s. pecori subducitur, Virg. E. 3, 6. Fig.: v. of intellect, s. ingenii, Quint. lib. 1, prooem., § 24: v. also life (IV.).
      8. 8. sanguis, ĭnis, m.: O ye, whose v. of life stands entire, vos o quibus integer aevi s. (stat), Virg. Aen. 2, 639. Join: whose v. fails, quem s. viresque deficiunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 50, fin.
      9. 9. făcultates, um, f.: v. resource (6): v. also energy, activity (III.).
      10. 10. virtus, ūtis, f.: v. excellence (II.). Phr.: youthful mental v., primus flos animi, Stat. Ach. 1, 625: to be in full v., vigere, florere, v. prime (subs., II.): in the full v. of life, integerrima aetate, Cic.: v. of life, bona aetas, etc.: v. prime (subs., II., Phr.): endowed with v., v. vigorous: to gain v., vigescere, Cic. (v. to strengthen, II.: to increase, II.): to regain v., vires recuperare, Tac. H. 3, 22, init.: cf. vires revocare, Virg. Aen. 1. 214 (v. to recruit, refresh: also to recover, B.): without v., debilis, infirmus, etc. (v. feeble, languid, weak, enervated): loss (or want) of v., infirmitas, debilitas, etc. (v. feebleness, languor, weakness): to impair v., vires carpere, Virg. G. 3, 215 (v. also to enfeeble, enervate, weaken): to lose v., languere, etc. [v. to languish, to fail (A.), to pine, to flag]. Miscell.: with v., armis et castris, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 184 (cf. remis velisque, velis remisque, remis ventisque, ventis remis: also, equis virisque: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. vv. remus, equus): nor are the preparations for war conducted with less v. amongst the enemy, neque segnius ad hostes bellum apparatur, Liv. 7, 7, ad med.: I exerted all my v., tentavi quid possem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7: to press the siege with the greatest v., summo labore oppugnare, Liv. (Quich.): cf. intente obsessos premere, Tac. A. 15, 13: if we relax not v. by delaying, si ex hoc impetu rerum nihil prolatando remittitur, Liv. 37, 19, med.: to pursue with v., maturo, praecipito, insto, festino, v. to hurry on (II.), to hurry (III.).
    2. II. Of plants, luxuriance, q. v.: luxŭria, laetĭtia.
    3. III. Fig.: of style in oratory, etc.:
      1. 1. vīs, vim, vi: pl. vīres: my poems have no great v., non magnas habent mea carmina vires, Ov. (Quich.): v. also supr. (I., 2).
      2. 2. rōbur, ŏris, n.: (men) who have produced some v. in writing, qui r. aliquod in stilo fecerint, Quint. 10, 3, 10.
      3. 3. vĭgor, ōris, m.: how much v. is there in that book, quantum in illo (libro) vigoris est, Sen. Ep. 64, post init.
      4. 4. nervi, orum. the speech of these men has neither v. nor oratorical point, horum oratio neque n. neque aculeos oratorios habet, Cic. Or. 19, 62: cf. Hor. A. P. 26.
      5. 5. lăcerti, orum: in Lysias there is often v. to such an extent that nothing can be produced more powerful, in Lysia saepe sunt lacerti, sic ut fieri nihil possit valentius, Cic. Brut. 16, 64. Join: to hurl the orator's spears with v., (hastas) oratoris lacertis viribusque torquere, id. de Or. 1, 57, 242.
      6. 6. sanguis, ĭnis, m.: expressions full of v., (dicta) plena sanguinis, Quint. 11, 1, 34. Join: to shine in v., sanguine et viribus nitere, id. 8, 3, 6.
      7. 7. sūcus (succus): a speech is adorned by its own v., ornatur oratio s. suo, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96. Join: that v. of orators, s. ille et sanguis (oratorum), id. Brut. 9, 36.
      8. 8. impĕtus, ūs: pleadings which are read aloud lose all their v. and warmth, actiones quae recitantur i. omnem caloremque perdunt, Plin. Ep. 2, 19, init.: v. also energy (4).
      9. 9. contentio: v. energy (5).
      10. 10. grăvĭtas: v. weight. Phr: purity and manly v., sanctitas et virilitas, Quint. 1, 8, 9. Join: without v. (of an orator), fractus atque elumbis, Tac. Or. 18, fin. (v. also enervated).